A mind-expanding exploration of how trees have shaped the world

Scientist, biochemist and a historian and philosopher of science, Harriet Rix presents trees as agents of change.
Boing Boing on MSN

In Japan, anything can be an anime girl - even your washing machine

Moe anthropomorphism is the Japanese art of turning absolutely anything - countries, diseases, operating systems, warships - ...
MercerMe

Final Weeks to See Clifford Ward: I’ll Make Me a World at Grounds For Sculpture

I’ll Make Me a World, an exhibition guest curated by Noah Smalls, is entering its final weeks and will close on January 11, ...
The Nation UAE on MSN

Pakistani scholar wins China SWJTU's outstanding research award for 2025

Muhammad Zubair Tariq, a lecturer in marketing at Malak Malik Firoz Khan Noon Business School at University of Sargodha (UoS) has won the 2025 Outstanding Academic Research Paper Award from the School ...
BroadwayWorld

CLIFFORD WARD: I'LL MAKE ME A WORLD Enters Final Weeks at Grounds for Sculpture

I'll Make Me a World, an exhibition guest curated by Noah Smalls, is entering its final weeks at Grounds for Sculpture's ...
The Big Issue

We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There's a good reason for that

Though anthropomorphism can often seem whimsical, giving names to inanimate objects is part of our evolutionary make-up.
IEEE

How Digital Teacher Appearance Anthropomorphism Impacts Digital Learning Satisfaction and Intention to Use: Interaction With Knowledge Type

Abstract: Digital teachers represent an innovative fusion of media and artificial intelligence (AI) within online educational environments. However, the specific ways in which the appearance ...
Phys.org

Polite robots in schools prompt children to respond with courtesy and empathy

The presence of robots in schools is no longer surprising. How do elementary school children treat humanoid robots? Are they polite to them, and willing to attribute human-like qualities to them?
IEEE

Investigation of Factors That Influence Human Presence and Robot Anthropomorphism in Telepresence Robot

Abstract: These days, we see different types of telepresence robots, and there has been a tremendous amount of research and development on these robots. Some telepresence robots have monitors to show ...